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Phoebe Nicholls

 
Actor: Phoebe Nicholls
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  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Fantasy
  • Career Highlights: Fairy Tale: A True Story, Deep Cover, Party! Party!
  • First Major Screen Credit: Deep Cover (1980)

Biography

Supporting actress Phoebe Nicholls (billed as Sarah Nicholls in her earliest performances) has been on television, stage, and film since her childhood, specializing in period dramas. She made her film debut in The Pumpkin Eaters (1964), following it up with a small role in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965). On television Nicholls may best be remembered for playing Cordelia in the internationally popular miniseries Brideshead Revisited (1982). Some of the films she has appeared in include David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) and Nicolas Roeg's made-for-television drama Heart of Darkness (1994). Nicholls has worked closely with director Charles Sturridge on different productions including his television miniseries Gulliver's Travels (1996), a stage production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, and in the feature film Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Phoebe Nicholls
Born Sarah Phoebe Nicholls
1957
London, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1964 – present

Phoebe Nicholls (born Sarah Phoebe Nicholls;[1] in May, 1957)[2] is an English film, television, and stage actor. She is known for her roles as Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and as the mother of John Merrick in The Elephant Man.

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Personal life

Nicholls was born in London, England to actor Anthony Nicholls and actress Faith Kent. An undiagnosed dyslexic, she left school early.[2] Upon leaving she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[3] Nicholls married Brideshead Revisited director Charles Sturridge on 6 July 1985;[1][4] they have three children.[2] Their eldest son Tom Sturridge and daughter Matilda Sturridge are also actors.

Career

As a child actor in several films she was billed as Sarah Nicholls, appearing alongside her father, mother and sister Kate in her earliest performances.[5] In her early-20's, she appeared in David Lynch's The Elephant Man, Michael Palin's The Missionary and most famously as Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited. Since then, she has worked almost exclusively in television and theatre. Debuting in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's original staging of Whose Life Is It Anyway? in 1978, she went on to perform in Robert Strura's revival of Three Sisters with Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Daldry's acclaimed National Theatre version of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls[3] and in the Olivier Award-winning productions of Pravda, with The Elephant Man co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins and Terry Johnson's Hysteria.[6] Her supporting performances in the 2008 West End revivals of Noel Coward's The Vortex and Harley Granville Barker's Waste earned her the 2009 Clarence Derwent Award from Equity.

She had a notable role in the 1995 television production of Jane Austen's Persuasion. She has made guest appearances on several television mystery series, including Prime Suspect, Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lewis, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, and Second Sight starring Clive Owen. She has also appeared in several works directed by her husband, Charles Sturridge, including his 1995 television adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, where she portrayed the Liliputian Empress, and the 1997 film Fairy Tale: A True Story.

Filmography

Television

Stage

References

  1. ^ a b "Ancestry.com". The Times, England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005. http://www.ancestry.com. Retrieved December 18, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c "FindArticles.com". How we met. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980222/ai_n14148517. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
  3. ^ a b "SonyPictures.com". Sony Pictures Classic: Phoebe Nicholls. http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/persuasion/cast/nicholls.html. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
  4. ^ "FilmReference.com". Charles Sturridge Biography (1951-). http://www.filmreference.com/film/53/Charles-Sturridge.html. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
  5. ^ "Allmovie". Phoebe Nicholls. http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:52550. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
  6. ^ "FairyTale: A True Story". Cast Bios Phoebe Nicholls. http://jpdefillippo.com/demos/fairytale/cast.html#Anchor%20Nicholls. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 

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